Socio-demographic characteristics of adolescent post-abortion patients in Blantyre, Malawi

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 306-310

  Lema, V M ^a   Mpanga, V ^a   Makanani, B S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; BOY; COITUS; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HIGH SCHOOL; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENARCHE; OCCUPATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SAFE SEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL EDUCATION; SEXUALITY; SINGLE PARENT; SOCIETY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STUDENT; TYPES OF STUDY;

ABORTION, INCOMPLETE; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; COITUS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXTRAMARITAL RELATIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALAWI; MARITAL STATUS; MENARCHE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OCCUPATIONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; PREGNANCY, UNWANTED; SAFE SEX; SEX EDUCATION; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0036622634     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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